Waking up to my sin
A flash-bang grenade bounced down the stairs, detonating in a blinding sphere of white light that turned the world into a vacuum of noise and glare.
I dived for Leona, my body acting as a shield as I slammed her into the concrete floor behind a heavy server rack. My ears were ringing, a high-pitched whine that drowned out the world, but I could feel the rhythmic, heavy thud of tactical boots hitting the floor above.
"Secure the Asset!" a voice boomed through the haze, filtered through a gas mask. "Terminate the female and the old man! The Legacy is the priority!"
The rage—the cold, black, suffocating fury I had kept bottled up for ten years—finally tore through its leash. I stood up in th